Journal-lubricator



l. A. BROWN.

. JOURNAL LLLL lcAToR.

" I AP A j En DEc.2s.19l1. 1,309,01 3. Patented July 8, 1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE. 'i

IIR-VING- A. BROWN, 0F SANDUSKY, OHIO.

JOURNAL-LUBRICATOR.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led December 26, 1917. Serial No..208,766.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I', IRVING A. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Lubricators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, .such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates tor improvements in devices for lubricating journals and shafts. Specifically, the object of this invention is to provide a simple lubricating pad which will obviate the use of strings or other detached wicks for feeding oil to` the journal. In general its object is to provide the very simplest form of lubricating pad of the type described and which will accomplish the work heretofore done by these devices.

The features and parts of the invention will be understood from the detailed description which follows and by reference to the accompanying drawings in which:-

Fi e 1 is a plan view of the device with the cover thrown back, showing the wicks in operative position. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the improved wick.

In the drawings, the shaft or other journal is adapted to be supported by a lower half-bearing or pillow-block 5, provided with perforated flanges 3, or any other means for securing thereon an oil box 6 surrounding the upper portion of the shaft and having an internal diameter somewhat larger than the shaft or journal. This oil box is provided with any means for attachment to the block 5 such as slotted flanges, through which bolts or other fasteners pass and thread into the perforations of the lower flanges to secure the oil box in any adjusted position. The walls of the oil box are continued upwardly as at 7.

The oil box which is of any desired shape or conformation and the internal wall of which is curved and conformed to the shaft or journal and of a larger diameter than the same, is provided with a curved internal wall 7 which extends approximately to the middle of the shaft or bearing, at which point an oil dam or partition member 8 extends upwardly to substantially the top of the oil box, providing in conjunction with the upstanding walls 9 thereof, an oil well, or compartment 10. The upper portion of the oil box, is provided with the usual cover 11, pivoted to the side wall or any other portion as at 12. All the foregoingis old in the art and no claim. ismade thereto.

The particular invention will now be described and the same consists of `a single pad 121 of felt, textile fabric, or any suitable material adapted to convey oil by capillary attraction and one form of the same is shown in Fig. 3, herein, one end 15 of which is provided withv an enlarged portion to extend substantially the entire width of the oil box and the same is nar-` rowed as at 16 and terminates in a plurality of integral but individual oil-carrying lingers or wicks 17.

This improved pad is adapted to be held in operative position in any approved manner and is preferably detachably secured to the dam or partition 8, as shown in Fig. 2, the widened end 15 being adapted to hang down and rest throughout its entire width in contact with the journal or shaft to be lubricated; the other end thereof passing over the partition 8 and extending into the oil Vwell 10. One means for securing the same to the partition member 8 consists 4of a plurality of spring wire fasteners 18,

provided with two integral spring arms which pass over the partition preferably between the lfingers of the pad and clutch the same to the dam.

4The oil tank is arranged to hold any quantity of oil for lubricating the journal, and the amount of oil fed to the journal is regulated by the number of fingers which remain in contact with the oil in the well, the same being held out of contact therewith by being folded back over on the dam or held out of contact by any suitable means, such as a wire or bar 19 extending cross-wise of the well.

It will be understood of course, that the invention is not limited to the particular shape of the pad as it is obvious that any size or design of pad may be used provided the same be of suitable material and have the separate lubricating fingers or `wicks integral therewith and capable of being lifted out of contact with the oil.

A device of this nature is extremely simple, easily applied and may be exchanged with a minimum amount of effort.

Having thus described my invention,

Patented July 1919.

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

y l. A device of the class described, including a journal to be lubricated and an oil Well, means adapted to convey oil from the oil well to the journal by capillary attraction, said means comprising a pad having a journal contacting portion and a plurality of separate ngers integral with said pad and adaptedV to Contact with the oil in said well and' means whereby one or more of said lingersl can be held out of oil contact to regulate the amount of oil fed to said journal bearing portion.

2. InV a device of the class described in combination a journal lubricator including an oil boX having an upstanding partition member to form an oil well, and a. member composed of material adapted to convey oil by capillary attraction, mounted on said upstanding partition and provided w-ith a journal contacting portion and an oil supplying portion, said latter including a plurality of individual integral oil wicks and means whereby one or more of said Wicks may be held out of contact with the oil in saidwell.

A3. In a device of the class described, a casing provided with a partition forming, in conjunction with the walls of the casing, an oilwell, a lubricating pad comprising a journal contacting portion and an oil supplying portion; said pad being adapted to pass over said partition member with' one end contacting with the journal to be lubricated, and the other end in contact withy the oil in the Well, and detachable means including a plurality bf spring fingers for holding said pad in position on said partition.

In testimony whereof I ailiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses;

IRVING A. BRGVN. Witnesses:

STEWART C. CRAIG, N. R. HILBERT.

Copie: of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patente:q Washington, D. 0. 

